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    High Sierra macOS USB install failure - Early 2011 MBP - with install log

    Hey folks, I have no idea what to try next so I'm turning to you all for your wisdom! Long story short: I'm trying to upgrade the HDD and RAM in an early-2011 macbook pro 13” and the OS won’t install to the new SSD. This is something I’ve done several times before without incident. This time...
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    Resolved 2011 iMac 27" EMC 2429 Clean Install OS

    Hi all, Thanks in advance. I tried to perform a clean install of MacOS High Sierra on my 2011 iMac 27" (EMC2429) using these instructions* (created a bootable USB); however it's been failing. Specifically, after erasing the "Macintosh HD" it tried to install Sierra from the bootable USB disk...
  3. dockess22

    Accidentally deleted mounted internal hd from disk utility - need to reinstall OS

    Hi, Had the flashing question mark appear on startup on my 2012 MacBook and tried to erase and start from scratch. I don't know exactly what I did as it's been a few weeks but I did accidentally deleted the internal hd mounted under volumes in disk utility. So now I only see the base volume in...
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    How can I get the App Store to work?

    My 2011 MacBook Pro crashed. Hard. Not even a startup chime. Black screen. Worked two nights ago, was dead the next morning. Apple was no help at all - but that's okay. It is an older machine. I have a 2008 MacBook Pro that I managed to resurrect - sort of. I had Mavericks on a USB stick and...
  5. simon lefisch

    Installing CentOS 7 (Linux) On Mac Pro 5,1 Hardware

    Hey everyone, I apologize if this has already been answered. I browsed around and couldn't find a def answer so thought I'd ask here. I recently acquired a 5,1 Mac Pro and upgraded the processor from W3565 to an X5690 for pretty cheap. While I love macOS (I have a 15" MBP), I dont feel it's...